Meat-clamp.



A. H. MATTHEW.

MEAT CLAMP.

APPLIOATIQN FILED Ammo, 1913. w

51,072,966, V Patented sept.9,1913.

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WASHINGTON.

To aZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, AMos H. MATTI-IEW, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Colville, in the countyof Stevens and State of Washington, have invented a new and lmprovedMeat-Clamp, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel meat clamp adapted tobe employed in connection with a table, for clamping a piece of meat forthe proper holding of the same while being cut or trimmed.

The invention will be more particularly explained in the descriptionfollowing.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is anendelevation; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional elevation; and Fig. t is aview similar to Fig. 3, but showing the parts in a diierent adjustment.

In carrying out my invention the clamp is adapted to be secured to anytable 10, here shown as having legs 11. A bar 12 is formed with alongitudinal slot 13, through which a guide stud 14C or the like passesand engages the table. A clamping stud 15 passes also through said slotand engages into the table. A flexible clamp band 16, preferably a clockspring or like spring band is connected at one end to an end of the bar12, and is adapted to arch over the table surface, the band passingthrough a vertical slot 17 in the table to a connection with a windingdrum 18, the shaft 19 of which has bearings in a hanger 20, and isprovided with a handle 21 for turning the drum. The hanger 20 is securedto a rock sha-ft 22 having bearings in hangers 23 secured to the underside of the table, the shaft having a handle 24 to rock the same andthereby tilt the winding drum 20 and the spring band.

By the described construction, a piece of meat, such as a leg of muttonor the likev may be placed on the table beneath the arched surface ofthe band 1G. To adjust the size of the arch and cause it to conformapproximately to the conformation of the Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led April 30, 1913.

MEAT- CLAMP.

rarest-.ea sept. s, isis. Serial NO. 764,550.

surface of the meat, the bar 12 may be slid longitudinally, therebydrawing the band lengthwise and unwinding it from the drum 1S, toenlarge the arched portion; also by tilting the hanger 20 the springband will be moved torsionally, whereby to dispose the arch at thedesired angle to the table, as indicated in Fig. 4, whereupon the shaft19 may be turned to wind the band on the drum, thus Contracting the archand thereby firmly clamping the meat in position, so that it may be cutor trimmed with convenience and dispatch.

To hold the rock shaft 22 in a given position according to the desiredangular adjustment of the hanger 20, the handle 211- carries a clampscrew 25, or the like, adapted to move in a slot 26 of a hanger 27 orother relatively xed part.

To hold the spring band under tension when wound up in clampedengagement with the meat, a ratchet 28 is provided on the shaft 19,adapted to be engaged by a pawl 29 on a bar 30 pivoted on the hanger 20.The hanger 20 is extended at each side of the drum, beyond the perimeterof the latter, as at 20a, to prevent displacement of the spring when thedrum is tilted.

The described construction affords a practical means for carrying myinvention into effect, and l would state in conclusion that l do notlimit myself strictly to the rnechanical details herein illustrated,since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departurefrom the spirit of the invention as defined in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent: g

1. A meat clamp, comprising a resilient flat band, means for securingone end of the band to a table, means for exerting a pull lengthwise onthe band to give the same a clamping action, and means for torsionallyadjusting the band.

2. The combination with a resilient clamp band, of means for securingone end of the band to a table, a winding drum to which the opposite endof the band is connected, and means for tilting the winding drum.

3. In a meat clamp, thecombination of a spring band,a bar having meansto slidably against turning, and meansfor holding the secure it to atable, a drum connected with l In testimony whereof IV have signed mythe opposite end of the band, a rook shaft, i neme t0 this specificationin the presence o a hengel' secured to Jche rook shafge Windtwosubscribing Witnesses.

ing shaft on Jche drum having hearings in said hanger,V means forholding the drum 1Witnesses:

H. VADJ; BAILEY,

rock sh aft in adjusted position. HOWARD WV. STUTT.

Copies of this patent may beno'ntained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Gommissionerrof Patents,

Washington, D. (1."-

AMOS HENRY MHTHEW.`

